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The Samford Crimson
Volume 67. Number 1 1
Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama 35229
Friday, March 26, 1982
Turkiewicz concert to feature ‘pops’ music
Crimson to publish special edition
A special election edition of The Samford
Crimson will be issued March 30. the day
before Student Association elections. The
four-page Issue will be devoted exclusively
to the election:.
SA candidates must declare candidacy
rw later than today. The SiA moved the
election date up one mouth so that newly
elected officers would have more time to
become familiar with the offices and
choose nominees for other offices. The
move did not,
prior to
The
coverage
March
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of the
Witold W. and Witold Anthony
Turkiewicz will celebrate their 10th An¬
niversary Father-Sdn Concert with an all
"Pops” program in the Leslie S. Wright
Concert Hall at Samford University on
Tuesday evening, March 30, at 8 p.m.
Having presented formal concerts in the
past few years, the Turklewicz's will pre¬
sen t~Hgh ter music including such favorites
as "Rhapsody in Blue”, “Autumn
Leaves”, "Gone With the Wind”, and two-
piano works such as “The Apartment”,
"Blue Moon", and “Exodhs”.
Witold Anthony Turkiewicz, a twenty-
year old pianist, is a graduate summa
cum laude from Samford. He most recent-
won the $1000 Shreveport Symphony Na-
_ jnal Auditions Award and an appearance
with the symphony on their regular
subscription concert series .
Other awards include winner of the $750
Gottschalk Competition with an ap¬
pearance with the Baton Rouge Sym¬
phony. the National Piano Award of the
National Federation of Music Clubs, win¬
ner of the Birmingham Music Club Award
for three consecutive years, and numerous
concerts throughout the Southeast. He is
presently working towards a Master's
Degree at Samford.
Witold has studied for 14 years with his
father, Witold W. Turkiewicz.
Dr. Witold W. Turkiewicz. head of the
piano department at Samford, holds a D.
Ed., M.A., B.M., and a Professional
Diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music
in Philadelphia, where he studied under
such renowned musicians as Mieczyslaw
Horszowski, Gian Carlo MenotU, Marcel
Tabuteau. and Rudolph Serkin.
He has toured the United States as a per¬
former and accompanist, and is widely
known throughout the Southeast as a con¬
cert pianist and master teacher.
Dr. Turkiewicz has served in many
capacities relating to music performance
and has served as lecturer, adjudicator,
and organizer of music workshops.
Both Turkiewicz’s have performed as
piano soloists with major symphony or¬
chestras, including the Alabama Pops,
Shreveport. Jackson. Tennessee. Hunt-'
sville, and the Samford University Or-
chestra. Witold Anthony performed at the/'
age of 13 with the Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra, the youngest ever to do so. aad
for three consecutive years with the Sam¬
ford Orchestra on their annual Concerto-
Aria Concert, the only one ever tj/clo so. A
later date will be set for a Baton Rouge
Symphony appearance.
The concert is free and open to the
public, and there will be a special recep¬
tion following for everyone in the Lower
Lobby Lounge area.
Adair named Crimson editor
Father and Son
Witold Anthony Turkiewicz and his father, Witold W. Turkiewicz, will present their 10th
annual Father-Son Concert Tuesday night in the LSW Concert Hall at 8 p.m. The pro¬
gram will feature “pop” selections rather than the traditional formal pieces.
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Doug Adair, a junior history major from
Birmingham, has been named editor of
The Samford. Crimson for the 1982-83
academic year, according to Mark Kahler,
current editor-
As predaw student, Acjair won a
statewide competition for the Harry S.
Truman scholarship last year. The award
pays for two years of undergraduate and 2
years of graduate study, and is awarded to
only one student in.each of the 50 states.
The winner of many -campus and com¬
munity awards, Adair has been active in
national • speech competition and won
several awards as a junior varsity debater
for Samfqrd his. freshpian year. .He also
won the Colonial Dames Essay Award in
1981 and again this year.
Adair is a member of several honorary
organizations on campus, including Phi
Alpha Theta (history), Pi Gamma1 Mu
(social science), Omic'ron Delta Kappa
(leadership) and Phi Eta Sigma
(freshman scholarship). He has served as
Crimson editorial coordinator this
semester, and was active on his high
school newspaper as well .
Adair is the second Crimson editor in re¬
cent years to begin his tenure before the
end of the current academic year, This
policy, according to Kahler, allows the
editor to become familiar with the job and
the paper. It also gives-the former editors
a chance to serve in advisory capacities
until the last issue is published
Doug Adair
Kahler will remain on staff as senior ad¬
visor. Adair has already chosen Carrie
McDonough, a junior English major from
Orlando, Fla. for managing editor. He will
fill the remaining editor positions In the
next few weeks. •
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